Leylandii trees ... Arrrrggggggg

[nibblitz]

Ok, so about 13 years ago I was a nutter and planted 7 of these specimens in my back garden thinking they'll quickly give me a nice hedge at the top of my garden.. People warned me not to.. I thought I'll be ok, i'll keep em trimmed... 13 years later and, omfg, they're much taller than the house and Ive come to realise they're a nuisance that block out sunlight for most of the day.. They've gotta go.. DESTROY Leylandii DESTROY .. But I have no ladder, and Ive only got a junior hacksaw, lol .. So Im gonna have to pay somebody to get these beasts down.. Ive no idea what it going to cost, or, when I do get a quote if its a fair quote.. Has anybody on here any experience with having Trees chopped down?? How much do you think it will cost me ??

[spoons]

Your neighbours will probably have a whip round and pay for them to be cut down if you ask - lol

[Das]

Couple of hundred quid Id suspect, its not the cutting down, it the disposing that expensive. Nothing wrong with leylandi's as long as they are cut back every year.

[nibblitz]

One of my neighbours did grumble about them last year, told him I'd look into getting them sorted, so I suppose I better had this year Nah, I do want them down myself too, wretched things.. Couple of Hundred quid would be just fine, Ive been worrying myself thinking I might be looking at hundred quid per tree... Going a few years back I regularly used to get "caravan dwellers" knocking my door asking if I wanted my trees trimmed, but they never come knocking now when you need 'em, lol ..

[the_wave_rider]

You'll be spending forever trying to get the stumps and roots out!
My neighbour would not cut theirs so I helped whilst they were on holiday. I cut through every branch and left them in situ. Within 6 mths they were brown and dead. You can get a mains powered chainsaw for about £30 thats what I used.
If you have the space burn them if not getting rid of them when they have been cut down will be a headache

[Old man Jimbo]

A house I used to rent several years ago had these chuffing things! I just had a big band saw type thing? Like a huge junior hacksaw? Anyhow I had borrowed the saw and a set of step ladders and started one day. Three days later I had a back garden stacked high with an awful lot of potential firewood. I rang the council and they took it away. Three lorry loads at £15 a time. so £45 all in. that was 15 years ago mind.

The neighbours where so pleased I got several cases of beer and choccies etc from various people who hadn't had sunlight in their back gardens for quite sometime. After that I trimmed them once a year.

[Jezzy]

Put them up for sale on ebay, state that "buyer must collect"....

[philgst]

Put them up for sale on ebay, state that "buyer must collect"....

pmsl, but on a more serious note make sure you use a proper tree surgeon or someone who is registered to dispose of waste. as if it gets dumped and can be proved to be your waste it carries a hefty fine. Lots of councils now have cctv at regular dumping grounds which the pikeys use ,

please take this on board.

[Hideous]

pmsl, but on a more serious note make sure you use a proper tree surgeon or someone who is registered to dispose of waste. as if it gets dumped and can be proved to be your waste it carries a hefty fine. Lots of councils now have cctv at regular dumping grounds which the pikeys use ,

please take this on board.

was going to say something similar, there's a great beach around here which has been ruined for the last few years by regular fly tippers The waste is always chopped down trees, site clearance etc. - obviously some crooks cutting trees for people and keeping all the money for themselves instead of paying for disposal. Makes me sick

[nibblitz]

Thanks for advice everybody, Ive rung a few Tree people, waiting for call backs to organise coming out to quote.. I do like the "put em on ebay for sale" idea, might just do that anyway just for a laugh..